The University of California, Berkeley and Riot Games have announced a partnership to launch the inaugural League of Legends (LoL) Intramural Esports League this fall and to provide scholarships to student-athletes on the UC Berkeley LoL team. UC Berkeley is one of Pac-12’s leading proponents of esports, having offered the competitions through intramural programs for […]
This is Part One of a multi-part series about the infrastructure of esports leagues. Part two will focus on the differences between the Overwatch and League Of Legends academies, the role collegiate esports could play in this system, and both leagues’ “Path to Pro” initiatives. For traditional sports leagues, stability has come over time. The […]
The Big East Conference has partnered with ESL to bring esports to select schools in the conference at the Big East Esports Invitational that starts on March 19th. There has been a lot of institutional support for collegiate esports recently but this pilot program, backed by industry leaders ESL, will help push participating colleges to […]
